Comments on: Tool of the Week: Spark Plug Socket http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-spark-plug-socket/ Everything but the same old cars Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:38:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: B4 VR6 Dude http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-spark-plug-socket/comment-page-1/#comment-563 B4 VR6 Dude Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:43:16 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1763#comment-563 @Brian DR1665- When you re-install, lube up the plug with some oil. I can normally get the socket off without the extension slipping out... @Brian DR1665- When you re-install, lube up the plug with some oil. I can normally get the socket off without the extension slipping out…

]]> By: Mike Bumbeck http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-spark-plug-socket/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Mike Bumbeck Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:50:57 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1763#comment-551 Easy-outs and extractors will be followed up by the Heli-coil right angle drill edition. Easy-outs and extractors will be followed up by the Heli-coil right angle drill edition.

]]> By: Zoner http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-spark-plug-socket/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Zoner Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:09:30 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1763#comment-550 Looks to me like Mike has inadvertently nominated next week's tool-of-the-week: Easy-outs... Looks to me like Mike has inadvertently nominated next week’s tool-of-the-week: Easy-outs…

]]> By: USA#1 http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-spark-plug-socket/comment-page-1/#comment-548 USA#1 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:34:57 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1763#comment-548 MAC tools makes a great spark plug socket if you have a chevy V8 with headers and old heads using 13/16 plugs. Check it out on there website. MAC tools makes a great spark plug socket if you have a chevy V8 with headers and
old heads using 13/16 plugs. Check it out on there website.

]]> By: Slow Joe Crow http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-spark-plug-socket/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Slow Joe Crow Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:47:24 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1763#comment-544 I know the feeling, the extra deep 5/8" spark plug socket in my toolbox dates from my 16V Scirocco (87 engine in an 81 body) with very deep spark plug wells. A locking extension would have helped, because after you tighten the spark plug, getting the rubber doughnut to release its grip can be a problem, although needle nose vise grips are great for pulling sockets off of spark plugs. I know the feeling, the extra deep 5/8″ spark plug socket in my toolbox dates from my 16V Scirocco (87 engine in an 81 body) with very deep spark plug wells. A locking extension would have helped, because after you tighten the spark plug, getting the rubber doughnut to release its grip can be a problem, although needle nose vise grips are great for pulling sockets off of spark plugs.

]]> By: Brian DR1665 http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-spark-plug-socket/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Brian DR1665 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:07:02 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1763#comment-543 Saaaaayyy... I didn't know spark plugs were designed to come apart like that (in a round about manner). Unfortunately, it seems the aluminum heads usually give way long before the plug comes apart, resulting in head removal anyway. Ah well. Plug sockets are cool, and you get used to using them, but I find it annoying that you stick the plug in there, thread it into the cylinder by hand, then tighten it to spec, only to then find the socket comes off the extension because that rubber doo-hickey has too strong a bite. "Modify" said rubber doo-hickey to reduce its grip and watch the new spark plug fall out and down the back of the engine bay. Bah. I tossed the rubber doo-hickey entirely and just lower them into the wells with my extending magnet pick-em-up thingamajig. Saaaaayyy…

I didn’t know spark plugs were designed to come apart like that (in a round about manner). Unfortunately, it seems the aluminum heads usually give way long before the plug comes apart, resulting in head removal anyway. Ah well.

Plug sockets are cool, and you get used to using them, but I find it annoying that you stick the plug in there, thread it into the cylinder by hand, then tighten it to spec, only to then find the socket comes off the extension because that rubber doo-hickey has too strong a bite. “Modify” said rubber doo-hickey to reduce its grip and watch the new spark plug fall out and down the back of the engine bay.

Bah. I tossed the rubber doo-hickey entirely and just lower them into the wells with my extending magnet pick-em-up thingamajig.

]]> By: Mike Miller http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-spark-plug-socket/comment-page-1/#comment-541 Mike Miller Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:42:00 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1763#comment-541 I might add that sparkplugs are pretty neat too. If you happen to forget 'lefty-loosey, righty-tighty' they're designed to fail in a safe way: http://www.millertwinracing.com/CookedGallery/20050529/slides/DSCN8640.jpg I might add that sparkplugs are pretty neat too. If you happen to forget ‘lefty-loosey, righty-tighty’ they’re designed to fail in a safe way:

http://www.millertwinracing.com/CookedGallery/20050529/slides/DSCN8640.jpg

]]> By: Slag http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-spark-plug-socket/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Slag Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:13:20 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1763#comment-540 I'd like to add that you should make sure your spark plug socket is a quality, thin-walled one. I got my cheap one stuck down the bottom of the spark plug tube in my old Peugeot 504, and was only able to remove it by removing the head. This then lead to continuous head gasket troubles. I have an expensive, thin-walled socket now. I’d like to add that you should make sure your spark plug socket is a quality, thin-walled one.

I got my cheap one stuck down the bottom of the spark plug tube in my old Peugeot 504, and was only able to remove it by removing the head. This then lead to continuous head gasket troubles.

I have an expensive, thin-walled socket now.

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